Store-fixture



` E. CHALENBURGt STORE FIXTURE.

APPLlcAnov man Aue.25, 1919.

1,356,694., f Patented oct. 26,1920;

*I6 Hfs A TToR/vg Ys EDWIN GHALENBURG, or STARBUCK, MINNESOTA. 1 4

STORE-FIXTURE.

specification of Letters raient. PatQiIQd-OCt 192@ Application led August 25, 1919. Serial No. 319,772.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN CHALENBURG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Starbuck, in the county of Pope and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Fixtures, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates to store fixtures and an object is to provide a device having compartments varying progressivelyin size for containing articles which come in different sizes. 'A further object is to provide a device having two sets of related compartments, each compartment in one set corresponding to a compartment in the other set. In this manner articles which come in different sizes and have two separate parts may be kept in stock and readilyselected accordingy to the 'desired size without likelihood of the wrong size for either part being handed out. j

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof, and the novelv features embodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed-out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the application of my inventionk in one form,-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device;V

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view; Fig. 3 is Va view of the device in section on the linev 3 3 of Fig. i. Y

Referring to the particular constructionVV shown in the drawings my invention com-y this is in order that a plurality of compart.V

ments gradually increasing in size may be provided both above and below the partition 18.` rEhe upper compartments 20 are made of sheet metal and are cylindrical in shape with verticalV slits l22 at the front. n The edges of the slits of adjacentcompartments are secured together by vertical strips 24,

the edges of which are turned down over the edges ofthe material forming theslits. The two end strips are secured to the ends 12 and 14 by any suitable fasteners, such as nails 26, and one or more of the compartments may be secured in suitable manner to the back 10, as by nails 28. A st'rip of metal 30 secured to the top of the partition 18 has its front edge turned up at 32-and secured to the bottom edges of the strips 24.

Lower compartments 34 are formedV between the bottom 16 and the partition 18 by vertical partitions 36 while pieces 38 are secured over the partitions' to form front walls for the compartments, these walls stopping short of the vtop and having slits; 40 eXtendf Y ing vertically midway of the compartments. The operation-and advantages of my in# vention will be readily understood from thel l foregoing-description. My device is shown in use for containing different sizes of pump leathers. The plunger packings a are placed in the proper compartments 20 according to size and the flat valve members b are placed inproper compartments 34 according I l to size. Both sets ofcompartments are conp structed so that the.` particular sizeof leathers will snugly fit therein. When the `compartments are refilled with a new supply it is easy to judge by the fit whether the'- leathers are being placed inthe propercom;v partment.v In the case of pump leathers the valve members are somewhatr larger than the corresponding plunger packings, Vbut thel compartments for the valve members are placed for the greater part underneath'the corresponding compartments for the plunger packings. If desired, a label indicating the size may be placed adjacent each compartment. It is obvious that my device may be used for articles other than pump leathers. Thearticles in both'sets of compartments are retained in placev but may be readily removed by lifting the uppermost one of any stack as' desired to the top of the compartment. y

VI claim width from one end to the other, a plurality of hollow cylindrical members of sheet maj n 10o A store fixture comprising a support havking a bottom whichy gradually increases in terial mounted in a longitudinal row on said support and forming compartmentsv which gradually increase 1n size corresponding with the increase in Width of said bottom.'

5 the walls of said compartments at the front being provided With vertical slits to facili- Y tatetlie removal of articles from the co1nrrV partments,l and vertical strips of sheet material securing the edges of the slits of the adjacent compartments.

'In testimony Whereorn signature.

l v 10 I hereunto allix my 'EDWIN CHALENBURGQ 

